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| Loved to have Psycho Pass back with IG at the helm. That engrish though was super annoying. Will watch again when they dub it. Movie was gorgeously animated. |
4kicks said: Finally, after being disappointed through the entirety of season 2 of waiting for Kogami to come back, we get our hero back in this movie. I'm happy. Happy with what they did with Kogami's relationship with Akane (and even Ginoza too, he got even more good-looking with that ponytail). That Ginoza and Kogami tag-team fight was brilliant. Hell, all the fist-fight action scenes were. Those were the real highlights of the show. Ginoza may have said "don't show yourself to us ever again" There were still lot's of clues for a possible continuation with an open-ending: With Sybil still at large, the child taking arms after narration of the brain-android chairman seemingly winning the election race, Akane's comment of Sybil being tested one day, and finally Sybil continuing to evolve. Those Kogami x Akane moments are what really get me fired up: protecting her from a bomb blast with his body, nonchalantly pulling her around during a battle even though seconds earlier she had a real gun aimed at him, and finally sleeping at his pad (albeit with no suggestion for anything more, if you know what I mean). Mika is still a shit. The only complaint I can think of is the Engrish, but that was to be expected. It would be flipping amazing of they make a 3rd option in the BD/DVDs for Japanese audio with English dub replacing only the Engrish parts...get best of both worlds. Unfortunately, that seems very unlikely. It will either be all English dub, or Japanese with Engrish dressing. That's what I was thinking too. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| Wish they spent more time on the links between Kougami and Makishima, the anti hero and the vilain.Also will Kougami smash akane or what? all that said i want more Psycho pass |
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| The thing is, I kinda like Mika's personality. I'm going to use the word 'cunt' and I don't intend it to be sexist, but Mika is a cunt. And that's good because we do need a cunt inspector as she does bring results. She's also a nice contrast to how Akane deals with the situation and if season 3 of Psycho Pass does get made, I do want Akane and Mika to clash over their style of investigation. But I want it done in a way that both methods are valid. It's like the whole 'Good Cop vs. Bad Cop' and both are needed. The problem being with Season 2 was that Mika kept getting foiled by the plot and made into an unlikable person with no usefulness. Or worse, she becomes the audience's punchline whenever she gets put in mortal danger because the plot tells her what she's doing is wrong. What I didn't like about Season 2 was that the entire anime was as if Akane has a dick, it would constantly be shafted. Season 1 attempted to balance the ideals between Akane and Kogami's sense of justice, but I forgot what season 2 tries to accomplish. Terrium said: It's too bad that in the end, none of the stuff that happened in the movie really affected the main plot in S1 and S2 about whether the Sybil System is good or bad; it just feels like a side story (like most other movie sequels). And with the scene after the credits, it's hard to tell if they will even have Kougami in a S3 if they make one. Well, it's great to see him and his CQC fighting scenes again though. Thing is, it is left up to the audience to decide whether the system is good or bad. I think the anime should handle the concept of the Sybil System much better, though the tidbit between Mika and her friend about finding her partner was one of the positive aspects of the sybil system. Honestly, if they make another sequel, it has to do something interesting with the Sybil System. It would be disappointing if Season 3 concludes with "...and the Sybil System is dismantled, therefore people are free and learn the true value of choice, blah blah blah" and it seems like Akane wants the system to evolve. I don't think the Sybil System is good or bad. It certainly has its cons, but it also has its benefits and I think it's best to explore in an upcoming season about either a new challenge or a conspiracy affecting the system again rather than calling out it being antagonistic and ending it there. tl;dr: The Sybil System is not perfect, but I feel it is necessary to Japan for now until a better solution comes by. Maybe season 3 should focus on a new breakthrough that force a transition from the Sybil System into something more? |
| what an awful movie, the plot moved nowhere just watching the first and last 15 minutes would be enough to understand the whole plot and the action scenes werent that good either at least the music was somehow enjoyable |
| I've been waiting for this movie quite a while now but I must say that I quite liked it! What really bothered me and which I wished was just a one time thing at the start was the rather awful Engrish... Together with the too much use of CGI for the environment mixed with anime like CGI and actual drawings which made a rather ugly mess in some scenes. Aside that I did liked the overall story of this movie and the end was intense as ever that we can expect from this franchise! The franchise can still proceed with another season or so but this movie was already a nice addition for the two seasons so all in all a great closure to this franchise! |
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RafaelDeJongh said: I've been waiting for this movie quite a while now but I must say that I quite liked it! What really bothered me and which I wished was just a one time thing at the start was the rather awful Engrish... Together with the too much use of CGI for the environment mixed with anime like CGI and actual drawings which made a rather ugly mess in some scenes. Aside that I did liked the overall story of this movie and the end was intense as ever that we can expect from this franchise! The franchise can still proceed with another season or so but this movie was already a nice addition for the two seasons so all in all a great closure to this franchise! I thought the CGI looked quite good a lot of the time, only with a few jarring moments. |
Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| ANNOYING STUFF: - Awful Engrish doesn't usually bother me, but when it's in Psycho Pass I expect voice acting to at least hire decent actors who can do the job. Seriously distracting and painful to listen to. - Akane is strangely slower than usual when it comes to putting her thinking cap on. The only useful thing she did was TALK NO JITSU on Sybil. Pretty disappointing for one of my favorite female characters of all time in fiction. - Kogami seems like a lame shadow of his former self, not necessarily in terms of combat prowess but purpose and intent in life. He's lost his spark. All that stuff about being similar to Makishima is complete bull. He's nowhere near as enigmatic or charming. - Doesn't explore in detail the societal effects of Sybil's presence in the region GOOD STUFF: - Nice backgrounds - Some neat combat scenes - We get more world building. Sybil makes another step towards evolution and is spreading its influence - Ginoza is now competent at his job (lol) and seems to be at peace with himself - Mika upstaged Akane with actual sense and has a more stable personality. She's not as bratty as in Season 2 and I'm starting to like her merciless attitude. |
lalabella said: It was worth watching this just to see Ginoza in a ponytail. Thank you god. He looked pretty good XD Loved the scene when Akane and Kougami came face to face again and of course Ginoza's punch. Good to hear that ED again. That 'English' though... |
| Decent movie, would have been better without the absolutely god awful English throughout. Decent voice acting has never been Japan's strong suit with women doing horrible cutesy voices for girls that sound nothing like a girl, women doing silly voices for boys that sound nothing like a boy and people that can't speak any English doing characters who are supposed to be fluent. Oh well. Glad to see more Psycho-Pass. Kinda like Dragonball I guess. Don't watch the original unless you can somehow not vomit from Goku sounding like an 80 year old 5 foot tall woman who can't voice act to save her life, wait for the dub. |
SokahJul 28, 2015 4:09 PM
| When did Google Translate start voice acting lol? No final conclusion again hah... |
| Kamiya-san, Seki-san and Kana-san English is just plain bad. But I like the movie. Not as riveting as the season 1 but is hundred times better than season 2. Also, the Sibyl System likes Akane a lot. A lot. |
| F0XFIRE said: OP 4 most butthurt bitch on MAL. |
| It felt like this movie tried to tackle a political issue that goes way beyond it, ending up with another "Sybil System no keikaku doori" that was unconvincingly resolved with a Talk no Jutsu from Akane. Basically, nothing introduced in this movie (i.e. what Kougami was trying to do with his new comrades) felt necessary in the end. Well, like always, I enjoyed how badass Akane can be and welcomed the return of Kougami. Otherwise, disappointed by how it introduced a plethora of bad new characters (especially those shitty mercenaries) instead of exploring old faces like it could have. Meh. 7/10 |
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| Really enjoyed watching I wish they would hurry up and do season 3 if there's any plan for it. Though that English seriously! I do hope they dub it soon. |
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| I don't know if I'm the only one who thinks that but somehow this movie was the Okay Good not The Very Good I thought It'd be. The fight scenes were just epic but I still feel kinda disappointed and I can't seem to get my finger on the main reason. 7/10 it seems. |
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| The engrish is kinda strange ... I know for most japanese english language is hard but damn that was too strange. Since we got to see HanaKana's engrish voice I'll let it for now. Shimotsuki being an asshole again just as I expected LoL This mean ... we're not gonna see Kougami again even if there's 3rd season ? Kougami is the reason I wanna watch this series. Overall 7/10 from me |
| I'm so disappointed with the movie, probably it's because I was expecting some closure to some things from the anime, kinda like the FMA movie of the first series... Plot is horrible, not in the cliché way (it was very obvious what was gonna happen) but given the first season, it could do much better. Akane is another thing, she was smart and had her resolve by the end of season 1, and she had her opinion about Sybil System during season 2, but in the movie they just make her doubt everything just so in the end she makes the same decision she did in season 1, stay with sybil but not respect what they do. Akane is smarter than that, so I didn't like the whole doubt thing (yes you can say that she was having doubts since a new country looked well because of SS, but god, the moment those guys shot the woman when she arrived was obvious that something was wrong). Soundtrack was average but animation and art was superb, I wish all the anime had that quality. Finally, Kougami, good to see him, he's great has always, and those fight scenes *drools*. There are some other stuff that I didn't like but those aren't that important. Oh right, that engrish... In the end I think that the plot of season 2 was better, at least it had an objective. |
Damn, I didn't realize just how much I missed Kogami, Akane and the gang till I saw them. Especially Kogami. Loved his reunion with Akane.   That punch. It was obvious Ginoza was gonna let him go lol. And I'm glad he did. The ending seemed to foreshadow a Season 3 or a sequel movie. I hope we get one, and written by Urobuchi this time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  |
SchwingBonerJul 29, 2015 1:06 AM
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| Damn, really loved the movie, spectacular visuals and superb music as always. And Kougami, finally. Finally. |
Silver4000 said: I'm so disappointed with the movie, probably it's because I was expecting some closure to some things from the anime, kinda like the FMA movie of the first series... Plot is horrible, not in the cliché way (it was very obvious what was gonna happen) but given the first season, it could do much better. Akane is another thing, she was smart and had her resolve by the end of season 1, and she had her opinion about Sybil System during season 2, but in the movie they just make her doubt everything just so in the end she makes the same decision she did in season 1, stay with sybil but not respect what they do. Akane is smarter than that, so I didn't like the whole doubt thing (yes you can say that she was having doubts since a new country looked well because of SS, but god, the moment those guys shot the woman when she arrived was obvious that something was wrong). Soundtrack was average but animation and art was superb, I wish all the anime had that quality. Finally, Kougami, good to see him, he's great has always, and those fight scenes *drools*. There are some other stuff that I didn't like but those aren't that important. Oh right, that engrish... In the end I think that the plot of season 2 was better, at least it had an objective. Finally, someone that saw past the fluff. This movie was such a huge let-down. I'm not hating on the movie for being (kind of) enjoyable for a lot of people, but this was far from a good movie. This is the Psycho-Pass universe, a decent plot is pretty significant. If I wanted cool fights with no respect to decent story-telling and characters, I'd rewatch SAO. |
| THIS IS GOOD ART for you people? Art sucked even more than in TV series, it looks awfully bad. Only characters looked nice. |
HidenNinpoJul 29, 2015 9:57 AM
| @up, almost everything. Only characters were well made, but that 3D vehicles, planes, and full scenes were awful as hell. It looked like it was made by students which are learning about blender. Worst looking Anime in past 15 years for me (even Higurashi looked better) . I complained about Prison School art last week, and sorry for that. After seeing Psycho-pass movie, I must say that Prison School is animated great (even for 3Dish looking) comparing to Psycho-pass movie. Some low budget shows from early 2000 looked much better than this 3d shit. PS I'm not trolling, it really looks awful. 3D animation is awful in general and much cheaper than standart 2D. |
HidenNinpoJul 29, 2015 11:38 PM
| I think a sequel is almost certain at this point. |
| Still better than S2. Hopefully we get more in-depth with a third season because this movie feels like a setup for something else. |
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| I don't understand people that complain about about "nothing changing" and being disappointed by it. It was similar for the first season, so I don't see how you can be fine with the way things went in the first season and not in this one. It is clear that the movie intended to say that a lot of people actually want the sybil system. Like Akane's friend, the fact that there are wars everywhere outside of japan (more context on this would've been good) and the voting at the end. This was exactly Akane's point at the end of season 1, sybil may be flawed but a lot of people needs it. And this movie fits with that. The movie was better than expected, it wasn't a masterpiece but it was a nice continuation that makes sense for the most part and it doesn't feel out of place like the crap that was season 2. |
chakracat said: If there will ever be a plan for a third season, I bet that it will be a whole new cast. The Kougami and akane story line is pretty much finished I've been expecting something along those lines, really. Asimov's Foundation is like multiple stories/views on a same universe, covering a big time span, isn't it? 4kicks said: The only complaint I can think of is the Engrish, but that was to be expected. It would be flipping amazing of they make a 3rd option in the BD/DVDs for Japanese audio with English dub replacing only the Engrish parts...get best of both worlds. Unfortunately, that seems very unlikely. It will either be all English dub, or Japanese with Engrish dressing. It's actually not completely absurd since some people's voices change a bit over different languages, right? :p |
| Ughhhhh there were so many things I wanted from this movie, but I got almost none of them. Judging purely from the movie itself though, it was amazing and don't think it could have been done much better. 8 or 9/10. |
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| Absolutely loved it. |
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| Psycho Pass Movie?? More like Psycho Engrish movie Gotta admit that was pretty good, but it just felt like a big tease Did that kid shoot Kougami at the end or something?? Why the hell did the cigarette drop out of his mouth That ending song to top it all of with :) mhhmmmm |
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lucidbrandon said: Did that kid shoot Kougami at the end or something?? Why the hell did the cigarette drop out of his mouth I hope it was nothing more than a reference to the ending scene from Requiem for the Phantom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci50p9mSiiU (However, it's visible that the boy shot in another direction from Kougami who had been standing above and behind the girl). |
vlasic said: I'm actually like Shimotsuki better in this one. She actually is more competent and smart deducing that it was a plot by Sibyl. She's still a total asshole but a more competent, confident, arrogant one that actually has some brain when she helped rescue Akane. ^This. I actually Liked Mika in this. |
| So much Engrish. Was good movie. I wish there would be Season 3 or something |
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| Nice to see Kougami back. Villain is underwhelming. The Engrish is strong in this one. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| Movie was pretty damn fun to watch IG put alot into this from all the visuals...but i knew psycho pass could get gorey but boy. would of liked a little more focus on the augment mercs they were badass *all the deus ex feels* but yeah just gonna forget the 2nd season every happened and be done with the series 8/10 |
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| Akane facing the system and reminding them of the piece of shit they are is always a satisfying way to end Psycho-Pass and she delivered as always. On the other hand, SEAun re-electing Han shows how much people are willing to sacrifice just in order to live in peace, even if it means living with their minds and souls chained. Not everyone can be an Akane, and sometimes the easiest way to live is as a slave under a generous master, like a character in other anime put it so eloquently a few weeks ago, and oh my, Sybil truly IS a generous master. The interesting thing about the movie was that you can actually create a "peaceful" and "law-abiding" community like Shambala Float in record time via unmatched military strength and imposing a heavy stratification of society, even if your Sybil System is fake. Just like it always has been. Worst thing about this movie? NO DELICIOUS YAYOI AT ALL, what's wrong with the people in charge, fuck everything. But being serious, I have the feeling that Urobuchi is biting more than he can chew with the overall scope of this story. |
CanopusJul 31, 2015 5:05 AM
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| Too much Enrgish. Mika still a bitch. Sybil system makes me vomit. Everything else good, especially Dat Kougami fight scenes. Dat Kougami and Ginoza bromance. Dat Ginoza ponytail. Also wow, Akane is changing the system from the inside bit by bit like she wanted to. Hope this is not the end of Kougami but it feels like this was meant a be a movie dedicated to his final scenes in the series. Oh Shit just saw past credits, they killed off Kougami? They really shouldn't have done that. I mean we see that he wants to live a peaceful life now and that he won't be a character anymore in future seasons if they will be made, but really? Killing him off by some random kid who's messing about with a gun? Come on, that's being completely disrespectful to him as the second main character of the series. |
HandsomeManJul 31, 2015 5:46 AM
HandsomeMan said: No. Watch it again and pay more attention.Oh Shit just saw past credits, they killed off Kougami? They really shouldn't have done that. I mean we see that he wants to live a peaceful life now and that he won't be a character anymore in future seasons if they will be made, but really? Killing him off by some random kid who's messing about with a gun? Come on, that's being completely disrespectful to him as the second main character of the series. No idea why he dropped his cigarette, but he didn't get shot. |
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Weebotakujinsama said: HandsomeMan said: No. Watch it again and pay more attention.Oh Shit just saw past credits, they killed off Kougami? They really shouldn't have done that. I mean we see that he wants to live a peaceful life now and that he won't be a character anymore in future seasons if they will be made, but really? Killing him off by some random kid who's messing about with a gun? Come on, that's being completely disrespectful to him as the second main character of the series. No idea why he dropped his cigarette, but he didn't get shot. No, I watched it multiple times. The kid was facing a different direction, but it may have been done on purpose to confuse us. There might have been a missed scene were he shot again or some other kid shot. Watch it again, and look at Kougami's face. Look at the eyes and the expression. That's clearly not "just dropping the cigarette", that's a typical anime expression of a character dying. |
HandsomeMan said: We don't really have much to go on here. Based on the limited evidence at hand, it is unclear whether or not he was shot by someone other than the child, but it is clear that the child did not shoot him. I will maintain that he had some kind of revelation about something upon seeing the child firing the gun and dropped his mouth in surprise.Weebotakujinsama said: No. Watch it again and pay more attention. No idea why he dropped his cigarette, but he didn't get shot. No, I watched it multiple times. The kid was facing a different direction, but it may have been done on purpose to confuse us. There might have been a missed scene were he shot again or some other kid shot. Watch it again, and look at Kougami's face. Look at the eyes and the expression. That's clearly not "just dropping the cigarette", that's a typical anime expression of a character dying. |
| I refuse to hide behind the picture of a kawaii 2d girl. |
Weebotakujinsama said: HandsomeMan said: We don't really have much to go on here. Based on the limited evidence at hand, it is unclear whether or not he was shot by someone other than the child, but it is clear that the child did not shoot him. I will maintain that he had some kind of revelation about something upon seeing the child firing the gun and dropped his mouth in surprise.No, I watched it multiple times. The kid was facing a different direction, but it may have been done on purpose to confuse us. There might have been a missed scene were he shot again or some other kid shot. Watch it again, and look at Kougami's face. Look at the eyes and the expression. That's clearly not "just dropping the cigarette", that's a typical anime expression of a character dying. Doesn't look like a revelation to me. I wanted it to be that too at first, but it's clearly not. More like "my soul is leaving my body" kind of expression. Listen, I love the guy myself (the reason why I watched this movie in the first place), but this doesn't need to be another Lelouch debate (when people really wanted to believe but even the writer just up and said that "that was that"). To me it looks like 90% that he was shot. 10% of why it might not be the case is because this is put at the very end of the credits which doesn't make much sense, since if they wanted to kill him off they would do it in an epic battle. Maybe the writer wanted to be artistic and give him an anti-climatic death. Maybe that scene was made as teaser for a sequel season/movie. But to me it looks like right now they killed him off lol. |
| Here's a reddit discussion on the cigarette drop scene https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychopass/comments/3f0d8q/major_spoilers_psycho_pass_movie/ |
| I refuse to hide behind the picture of a kawaii 2d girl. |
| So he was shocked by the news? Doubt it, will rewatch the scene again when I get back home. To me that really looked like the face of a dying man. Why would Kougami of all guys, who has seen so much shit, be THAT shocked by the news announcement? Besides his eye pupils also changed color, doesn't happen when you get shocked in anime, but when you pass away. |
Canopus said: Akane facing the system and reminding them of the piece of shit they are is always a satisfying way to end Psycho-Pass and she delivered as always. On the other hand, SEAun re-electing Han shows how much people are willing to sacrifice just in order to live in peace, even if it means living with their minds and souls chained. Not everyone can be an Akane, and sometimes the easiest way to live is as a slave under a generous master, like a character in other anime put it so eloquently a few weeks ago, and oh my, Sybil truly IS a genup he whistleerous master. The interesting thing about the movie was that you can actually create a "peaceful" and "law-abiding" community like Shambala Float in record time via unmatched military strength and imposing a heavy stratification of society, even if your Sybil System is fake. Just like it always has been. Worst thing about this movie? NO DELICIOUS YAYOI AT ALL, what's wrong with the people in charge, fuck everything. But being serious, I have the feeling that Urobuchi is biting more than he can chew with the overall scope of this story. The thing is the people dont know what the Sybil System really is, they think theyre just re-electinga person. Three times Akane has had the chance to be a whistle blower and seen ample evidence of its corruption and self serving nature and three times shes opted for a solution that is narely a stop gap against it becoming even more corrupt. No matter what she promises at the end its clear its true nature will never come to light. She thinks shes keeping it in check when shes the one being hoodwinked and aiding and abetting it by not blowing the whistle and allowing the public to make an informed decision based on knowing its true nature. Shame to see her character just fall into this cycle and be so foolish and complacent. |
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